Hi all - buying my first MX5

cruro02 · Postby **cruro02** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 7:34 pm

Hi all - buying my first MX5 - a black 2009 hard top with ~120K on the clock. Anything I should be looking out for?

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:08 pm

Cheap deals on cleaning products (black cars require more cleaning than any other colour).

Seriously though, use the site's Search facility, this question has been asked many times before and there are a plethora of responses.

Code4 · Postby **Code4** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:46 am

http://wiki.miata.net/tiki-index.php?pa ... ed%20Miata

charcoal · Postby **charcoal** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:53 am

Welcome to the fraternity

... watch out for four wheel drive wagons as unfortunately we tend to be invisible to them.

Enjoy your NC :wink:

ilovemassageparlours · Postby **ilovemassageparlours** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 3:14 pm

Nice. Just picked up mine last week 2007 hardtop with 100k on it.

Pretty nice ride. Considering doing mods but at the same time 15k more could get a new ND lol

cruro02 · Postby **cruro02** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 4:12 pm

Thanks guys - pick it up this Thursday.. getting a Pioneer AHV-X8850BT heads unit installed and already thinking of other mods... think this could get expensive

ilovemassageparlours · Postby **ilovemassageparlours** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:59 am

Nice, can you post a link or price on how much you paid for the facia/steering wheel control kit.

Planning on adding a gps/bt unit, most likely a pioneer aswell.

Rocky · Postby **Rocky** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:37 am

Drive with the lights on all the time. Black MX5s are invisible.

Alex 2550 · Postby **Alex 2550** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:26 pm

sorry i dont know much about NC's but well done and welcome, one thing i can say look out for is winding roads

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:58 pm

If you're buying from a dealer, (no matter if the sales guy tells you it has 2 sets of keys) make sure you write on the contract that the car must come with 2 sets of keys.

Been meaning to return to that dealership with a bag of prawns. :mrgreen:

travis · Postby **travis** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:00 pm

cruro02 wrote:Hi all - buying my first MX5 - a black 2009 hard top with ~120K on the clock. Anything I should be looking out for?

Firstly, welcome to the obsession.

...there is a sticky, directly ABOVE this post that says "What to look for buying an MX-5 - Which should I buy? ". This forum is by far the most welcoming automotive forum i've been in, at the same time it's a bit disappointing when a new member gives zero effort in searching what is arguably the most common question seen here. I could be wrong and maybe you've already done this, it didn't like the case in the first post.